"Showered with Love" pt. 1

Hi Friends!

So Jason and I have been blessed all of our lives with the presence and friendship of soo many people over the years.  It always seems that God finds a way to place people in our path that will genuinely love us, welcome us into their lives, and go out of their way to help and support us no matter where we go.  In addition to us both having strong and supportive families, we have also been blessed with having such wonderful friends all over the US (some of you happen to be reading this blog, love you!) So God has always taken care of us and this post just illuminates the way that He uses His followers to shower love on some of His other children ;-)

Background on us:

Jason moved to Maryland right after graduation (from undergrad) to accept a job as an engineer with a major government defense contractor. And while he was living there, I accepted a position as an engineer with a major international commercial contractor in a rotational leadership development program. So our careers led us to two very disparate locations: Him to Maryland and Me to Texas (Dallas, to be exact). Now while the distance was hard for both of us, I particularly struggled being in Dallas where I had no family, no friends, and no feeling of contact with the outside world…lol…So after my first rotation ended, I decided to pack up my stuff and accept a different job (that I had also been offered prior to graduation) in Virginia (about 1 hour from where Jason was living in Maryland).  So after I moved to VA and Jason proposed (3 days later :-) ), our whirlwind of a life began!  We got married almost a year later (11-06-09), and 2 months later we bought a house (1-15-10).  Our house was finished being built in April, so we closed at the end of April (4-30-10) and our official life in VA began!

Along the way, we have met and befriended some incredible people--both from our involvement in our local church and a few from our different positions at work along the way.  And as if their friendship was not enough, these lovely people decided to throw Me, Jason, and Peanut a BABY SHOWER!  So here are some of the pictures from the party along with a few notes to provide you with some context.  I hope you enjoy, we surely did! 

When we pulled up, we were greeted by this lovely sign (Noble Baby Shower):

The view when you walked in...It was a jungle theme :-)

Yummy food...

Me mingling with some of the guests (my niece pretending to be shy...)

GAMES!  We played "The Price Is Right" and the kids helped model the items...so cute! (My other niece)...

This was a "Guess What Chocolate is in the Diaper?" Game...Seemed like the guys enjoyed it! ;-)

Time to open gifts...This is a gift from my niece that she picked out herself for her new baby cousin...She was soo excited for us to open it...She is soo looking forward to meeting little Peanut :-)

More presents....

Jason mingling with some of his friends and guests....

Me and the beautiful and talented Shower Planning Committee...All members of my past/present small groups :-) ...Thanks Girls! I'm so blessed you know you all :-)

And that's it!  Thanks again to the lovely people who planned, hosted attended, sent gifts, and to you for reading!  See ya!

--Lisa